The community of culture

I spent last week at the Behavioral Safety Now (BSN) Conference (www.behavioralsafetynow.com) where I was reminded of a simple fact: To change culture you have to rely on our culture.

Indeed, safety leaders (corporate, site, and team leaders) at BSN and other conferences are hungry for information, best-practices, and tools. While they get these from keynotes, consultants, and non-profits like the Cambridge Center (www.behavior.org), what I see is that the best source of information is spread professional-to-professional; in sessions where companies share their practices and during the breaks where colleagues chat about their shared challenges.

Our safety community should work hard to build and protect a larger culture of sharing…one in which, each week, we are on the phone or e-mail with someone at another company, eager to help.

In fact, you can do that right now!

KEYWORDS: communication culture

Timothy Ludwig’s website is Safety-Doc.com where you can read more safety culture stories and contribute your own. Dr. Ludwig consults and serves as a commissioner for Behavioral Safety Accreditation at the non-profit Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies (CCBS: behavior.org) and teaches behavioral psychology at Appalachian State University, in Boone, NC. If you want Tim to share his stories at your next safety event you can contact him at TimLudwig@Safety-Doc.com.